Sistem Monitoring pada Alat Destilasi Crude Oil Limbah Plastik Berbasis IoT

Abstract

Purification of plastic waste crude oil by distillation process is carried out to produce purer oil products. This research aimed to utilise technological advances in producing an Internet of Things (IoT)-based monitoring system on crude oil distillation equipment. So that monitoring of the operational conditions of the distillation process can be done from a distance in real-time through the Blynk application installed on a smartphone. This monitoring system uses several supporting components such as NodeMCU ESP8266 as the main controller and WiFi module, MAX6675 Thermocouple sensor to measure temperature changes in the reactor tube, as well as relays and solenoid valves to regulate gas flow in the combustion stove. Crude oil polypropylene (PP) is heated in the reactor tube using a heat source from a gas burner. The heating of the crude oil causes a change in temperature in the reactor tube which will be detected by the MAX6675 Thermocouple temperature sensor. The input from the temperature sensor will be read by the NodeMCU ESP8266 then process the data into outputs displayed on the LCD display and also in the Blynk application. From the experiments conducted, the process of monitoring temperature changes has been done through a smartphone installed with the Blynk application. With this IoT-based monitoring system, it is expected to help monitor temperature changes more effectively and efficiently during crude oil distillation work.